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Ms Parker’s family have been informed. A Home Office post mortem is yet to take place.

Spt John-Paul Ruffle, of GMP’s Rochdale Borough, said: “I would first like to offer my condolences to the loved ones of the woman who sadly died today.

We are working to provide them with support from specially-trained officers at this difficult time.

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“We have launched a murder investigation and are appealing to anyone who may have any information that could help our investigation to get in touch with police.

“We will be carrying out a number of enquiries today so local residents may notice an increased police presence in the area and I would encourage anybody who has any concerns or information about what happened to approach one of these officers.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting incident number 849 of September 25, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.